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In the Rurouni Kenshin manga and anime, there's a reverse-blade sword called sakabato. An old, real-life version of this fictional sword was apparently discovered in Japan. Last October, what's being compared to a real sakabato turned up in an old...

Capcom have shared the first trailer for Ace Attorney 123: Wright Selection, a compilation of the first three Ace Attorney games for Nintendo 3DS. As reported previously, the compilation will add stereoscopic 3D support to these games.

While Japan's bank of English loan words has grown to the point where "context" and even "paradigm" can be understood by most people, there seems to be only a handful of Japanese words that have been sprinkled into the modern English vocabulary.

The winners for the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award's 59th edition have finally been announced with Shinobu Ohtaka's highly acclaimed Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Noboro Takahashi's crime manga Mogura no Uta winning big.

North American video game publisher ATLUS USA have today announced that they will be releasing both PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS editions of Spike Chunsoft's JRPG Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars from the 15th April 2014.

This weekend I was shopping for snacks. I picked up a bag of corn soup-flavored "Gourmet" Doritos. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. Most Doritos in Japan are typical Doritos—"Dorito-flavored," if you will.

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I can't believe I still haven't seen ant snow this Winter yet! There should have been some last night but it ended up as a little drizzle of rain instead! I get the feeling that this Nendoroid was respo...

(c)AKS Jan. 23. 2014It has been revealed that AKB48 will form their 5th team named "Team 8" that follows Team A, Team K, Team B, and Team 4. Team 8 will be formed with a completely new concept that is different from existing teams.

With pre-registration now open, DeNA and Mobage have posted a promo for their new Japanese Android and iOS Attack on Titan: Jiyuu e no Houkou (Roar to Freedom) smartphone game. In the Clash of Clans like game, the survey corp must fortify towns ...

concert / ONE OK ROCK ONE OK ROCK just announced that they would perform at Columbus Ohio's monster festival Rock On The Range, which is held on May 16,17 and 18th! There will be various bands playing such as Kid Rock, Guns and Roses, Slayer and m...

Gundam Build Fighters Episode 15The boys have a tough fight ahead, but there's a twist that comes nearly at the start that could change your view of the series even more. What They Say: Sei and Reiji have no choice but to win their next battle.

Sentai Filmworks Acquires 'Wizard Barristers' Anime License Posted by Chris Beveridge January 22, 2014 at 04:48 PM Wizard Barristers Sentai Filmworks is slowly but surely mining the winter 2014 anime season for the right licenses to pick up and th...

Some folks have played Resident Evil 4 to death at this point, but even more shockingly, some still haven't played it at all! Another chance is coming soon, with the ultimate HD edition of Resident Evil 4 making its way to PC on February 28.

Fourth 'Pretty Rhythm' Anime Series Coming Posted by Chris Beveridge January 22, 2014 at 02:05 PM Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream While more and more shows do get picked up and simulcast outside of Japan every year, there are still those that don't fo...

Yesterday we got a few details on the recently announced Gundam Side Story: Missing Link, which brings the series previously seen on Sega Saturn and Dreamcast to PlayStation 3. Now we have a quick little follow-up in the form of a few screens show...

Japan's equivalent of McDonald's, Lotteria, is collaborating with The iDOLM@STER to bring bishoujos to cheap high-calorie fast food – a winning situation for both parties as their target audience corresponds.

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha - 02 Never a dull moment in the world of the Gods. I'm sure it's because of my Western upbringing, but I find something very appealing in the idea that the beings at the center of a belief system can be depicted as being s...

Jan22 A new challenger appears? Tokyo Ravens takes another break from the action with some setting up for the next big ordeal (plus a new OP and ED). And in the process, we learn some very interesting things.

Seems legit. My vague plans to watch a bunch of anime titles weekly this season fell apart pretty quickly due to distractions and a bunch of papers being due in the first month of term for some reason.

Recommended Jpop♂ Reading: January 22, 2014 Thennary's Picks Imai Tsubasa's Joins "Burn the Floor Dance with You" for 2nd Time - JE Fandom I wonder if he and Tackey plan on doing anything together this year.

'Akame ga KILL! ' Anime Teaser Site Opens Posted by Chris Beveridge January 21, 2014 at 11:31 AM Akame ga KILL! Announced just over the weekend, the official teaser site has open for Akame ga KILL! at http://akame.

From the Azurer website: "Azurer, which began in Japan and spread worldwide, is a cutting-edge fashion style which consists of wearing a beard made out of adzuki beans. Currently, there are 1,720,000 azurers in Japan, and the numbers international...

Bandai Namco Games posted the first promo video of the new Detective Conan game for the Nintendo 3DS called "Detective Conan: Phantom Rhapsody". The game will feature Conan as his solves cases with Heiji Hattori as his rival.

Comedy Central's satirical news program The Colbert Report took a few quick jabs at marijuana aficionados during their Monday night program, as well as their apparent penchant for Hayao Miyazaki movies.